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SUBMITTER: Pampel FC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4607932 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pampel Fred C FC Boardman Jason D JD Daw Jonathan J Stallings Michael C MC Smolen Andrew A Haberstick Brett C BC Widaman Keith F KF Neppl Tricia K TK Conger Rand D RD
Social science research 20150814
Although stressful life events during adolescence are associated with the adoption of unhealthy behaviors such as smoking, both social circumstances and physical traits can moderate the relationship. This study builds on the stress paradigm and gene-environment approach to social behavior by examining how a polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene 5-HTTLPR moderates the effect of life events on adolescent smoking. Tests of interaction hypotheses use data from the Family Transitions Project ...[more]